Viplav ji, Thanks for taking efforts in identifying my plant seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai recently. Frankly, I was seeing it for the first time, so I have no clues about the id. Gurcharan ji, Nidhan ji and you can come to a final conclusion. Thanks again. Regards, Aarti
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:33 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks Aarti ji for sharing more pictures. I feel quite certain that this > is *Echium plantagineum *: > > 1] The leaves are clearly cordate-amplexicaul. Conversely, *E. vulgare*tends > to have tapering leaf bases. > > 2] The last photograph - DSCN9902.jpg - clearly depicts the prominently > branched venation of *E. **plantagineum. *In contrast, all the leaves of *E. > vulgare* have a (more or less) warty, dimpled > surface<http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/BORAGINACEAE/ZZEchium_vulgare2.htm>with > inconspicuous > longitudinal > veins<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Echium_vulgare_%27Viper%27s_Bugloss%27_(Boraginaceae)_leaves.JPG> > . > > 3] Multiple stems can be seen emerging from the base in the last > photograph [DSCN9902.jpg], this too is typical of *E. **plantagineum*. > > It is difficult to judge the degree of stamen length & exsertion from > these pictures but after zooming & cropping some individual flowers, two > stamens appear to be considerably longer than the other three. > > Please correct me if I am missing something. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > El 21 de febrero de 2014, 10:03, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > escribió: > > >> Gurcharan ji, >> Thanks for the id of this ornamental. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I hope Echium vulgare, all stamens appear far protruding. >>> Mine from Harwan Kashmir did not have all well protruding and was >>> finally suggested as E. plantaginum. >>> >>> >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Echium/indiantreepix/laVUJFIBi6Q/OBr8iX1nAawJ >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Aarti S. Khale >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Viplav ji, >>>> Not very good pictures, but I hope they are helpful in identifying this >>>> Echium. >>>> Aarti >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Aarti S. Khale >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Viplav ji, >>>>> Thanks for the detail information. >>>>> I will try to see if I have more pictures. >>>>> Beautiful pictures by Nidhan ji on the link given by you. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Aarti >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:43 PM, [email protected] >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> More likely to be *Echium plantagineum*. The photos are not very >>>>>> clear but looking at the side view of some of the flowers, two stamens >>>>>> appear to be longer than the rest and extending well beyond the corolla >>>>>> tube (indicative of *E. plantagineum*) as against four equally-long >>>>>> stamens going past the corolla in *E. vulgare*. Zooming into your >>>>>> second photograph, the leaf base appears to be cordate-amplexicaul. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is the key to these two species: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/BORAGINACEAE/gEchium_2.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> There are some nice pictures of *E. plantagineum* by Dr Nidhan on this >>>>>> page<http://medplants.blogspot.in/search/label/Echium%20plantagineum>. >>>>>> Perhaps he could help in confirming the species. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best wishes, Viplav >>>>>> >>>>>> El 18 de febrero de 2014, 21:40, Aarti S. Khale < >>>>>> [email protected]> escribió: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Viplav ji. >>>>>>> Could this be Echium vulgare? >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Aarti >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:48 PM, [email protected] < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Echium* sp. [Boraginaceae]. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best wishes, Viplav >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> El 18 de febrero de 2014, 14:40, Aarti S. Khale < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> escribió: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Seen at the Flower Show on 16/2/14. >>>>>>>>> Cultivated, garden plant. >>>>>>>>> Aarti >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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